Tactical
Voting
One
who can beat or outfox-z Henry Kissinger, Robert McNamara and
Christian Laggard is one who can be considered a tactical expert.
I
have to pen this since, Donald Trump and Macron in France failed to
capitalize on their popular vote (not the main stream base) base they
reawakened.
It
was true for Ceylon, too.
A
better example is a guy who tactically bet at a casino table and
come out a winner against the statistical odds.
The
casino is structured in such a way that the gambler always loses the
big bet (he wins the smaller ones) and returns his winning to the
table in one go.
In
voting cycle the voter is always the loser and the only chance he/she
has is wasted invariably.
This
piece is to educate the intelligent voter to outfox his opponents or
candidates in style.
Kumar
David, Sarath Wijesuriya and Victor Ivan should expand on this
strategy, since I am going to go into total hibernation, the moment
election is declared open for nominations.
I
am only worried about the size of the ballot paper, with so many
candidates vying for the post.
I
wish it to look like a rolled up toilet paper: if the Commissioner
wishes how to design it, I may consider helping him.
We
have a device that voter can use for his tactical (whims and fancies)
voting.
It
is called the second vote or the second or third option.
In
my case, I have always used the rejection strategy politically
correctly when change was the desired option.
I
never voted for but always against the sitting political power.
It was a protest vote.
Now
this time round that strategy is a dangerous option.
That
is where the tactical voting comes into operation.
I
am addressing this mainly to the local Tamil brethren, not the
diaspora.
His/her
first option is for his or her own choice.
Let
the guy/girl be happy when the first option count is over to have a
drink.
Nobody
will get 50% of the vote in first count.
The
second option should be used to outmaneuver the first option default
by voting for a random guys in the list (not JVP) of candidates.
We
had a strategy to get a non political third force (ousting JVP) but unfortunately
that petered away.
That
is why we have to use the Tactical Strategy, till time is right for
political landscape to change (it might take a decade or two) course.
If
we can make random guys (third and fourth) to beat the first and
second choice and come out winners (again less than 50% of the total
vote), we are forced to go for a third option count.
Third
and fourth guy can now have to sip a soft drink and wait till the
third option is counted.
When
this counting is nearing completion, a few of the election counting
officers would be having heart attacks (or at least pain) and the
voter is having a snooze after the next day mid meal and has totally
lost the interest of the final outcome.
The
point I am driving at is that the whole system is a mockery of democracy.
Second
and Third Options can outdo selecting of the
best out of the bad lot choice and
a bad one will be selected at the end of the third count, somebody
like Nagananda.
The
tactical strategy proposed should be used to outsmart the bad system.
Can
our voter do it?
I
guess not at all.
Abolition
of the post of presidency and total overall of the political system
is the need of the day.
